Phase II of Slate Implementation – Advising Model and Early Alert System

With declining state allocation, M State must effectively manage enrollment including efficient processes for new student enrollment and retaining existing students. Efforts in FY25 include:

• The case management advising model was designed and initial implementation was completed. The project had many purposes including addressing the diverse needs of students, aligning support structures with student need, addressing progress disparities, and enhancing student support systems.
• Slate went live as the college’s CRM. Slate is a software system that was built for higher education that is more cost-effective and has more stable pricing than other products.

This project has two primary purposes:

• Develop reports in Slate to determine: (a) fidelity of case management implementation, (b) direct and indirect evidence of the effectiveness of the model and the stated purposes in the FY25 project charter: Advising Case-Management Model, and (c) student progress, assisting staff with management of caseload.
• Re-envision the college’s Early Alert System (EAS) to enhance student management in Slate. EAS are well documented in literature as a promising practice for improving retention, including one analysis that highlights the importance for early alert with part-time students ("Linking early alert systems and student retention: a survival analysis approach")